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Data Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System – Mortality.

Denominator

U.S. female population.

Numerator

Number of female deaths due to breast cancer (ICD-10 code C50).

Comments

Data are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Age-adjusted rates are weighted sums of age-specific rates. For a discussion on age adjustment, see Part A, Section 5 of Tracking Healthy People 2010.

1990-based postcensal population estimates were used to calculate death rates; Future reports will present rates based on intercensal population estimates for 1998 and 1999 and bridged-race population estimates for 2000 and subsequent years.